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title: In a cartoon Grandad sees two news stories, and his thought bubble s… — "Crime is up, I saw it on the news" · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon Grandad sees two news stories, and his thought bubble shows every teenager in the world throwing eggs. Put the cartoon right. Test 8 of lesson 177 «"Crime is up, I saw it on the news"» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 8 · "Crime is up, I saw it on the news"

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In a cartoon Grandad sees two news stories, and his thought bubble shows every teenager in the world throwing eggs. Put the cartoon right.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grandad, thought bubble, you · **What happens:** see, think, show, throw, put · **To what, where:** two news stories, cartoon, teenager, eggs

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This is test 8 of lesson 177 «"Crime is up, I saw it on the news"» of the world course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/world/177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon Grandad sees two news stories, and his thought bubble shows every teenager in the world throwing eggs.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t8:1
# text = In a cartoon Grandad sees two news stories, and his thought bubble shows every teenager in the world throwing eggs.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	thought	think	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	bubble	bubble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
15	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	teenager	teenager	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
20	throwing	throw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	_
21	eggs	egg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | Grandad | two news stories |  | a cartoon |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **show** | present | Grandad's thought bubble | every teenager |  |  |  | in the world | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent teenager=Patient in world=Topic |
| 4 | **throw** | gerund | Grandad's thought bubble *not said here* | eggs |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent egg=Theme |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* Put the cartoon right.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t8:2
# text = Put the cartoon right.
1	Put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | imperative | you *not said here* | the cartoon |  |  |  | right *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent cartoon=Goal |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Two stories about a few people don't describe millions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t8:o1:1
# text = Two stories about a few people don't describe millions
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	describe	describe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	millions	million	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **describe** | present · do-support | Two stories about a few people | millions |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent million=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Grandad must have seen every teenager on TV

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t8:o2:1
# text = Grandad must have seen every teenager on TV
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	teenager	teenager	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | must · perfect | Grandad | every teenager |  | TV |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer teenager=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Two stories are enough to describe every teenager in the world

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t8:o3:1
# text = Two stories are enough to describe every teenager in the world
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	enough	enough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	describe	describe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	teenager	teenager	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Two stories |  |  |  |  | enough *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **describe** | to-infinitive | Two stories *not said here* | every teenager |  | the world |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent teenager=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Only teenagers in cartoons have no manners

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:177-crime-is-up-i-saw-it-on-the-news:t8:o4:1
# text = Only teenagers in cartoons have no manners
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	teenagers	teenager	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	manners	manners	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | teenagers in cartoons | no manners |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manners=Patient |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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